Beginning in early 1940, after more than half a year, the Eighth Route Army carried out a series of offensive operations against the Yuekou in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region, eliminating tens of thousands of puppet troops and destroying a large number of the enemy's railways and highways, completely paralyzing the rear aid transportation of the Yue-Chahar-Hebei army's attack on the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area. Due to the development of guerrilla activities in North China, the fighting was fierce, and the army suffered heavy losses, and the army in this area obviously felt that its strength was insufficient and was completely unable to deal with the anti-Japanese guerrilla activities of the Eighth Route Army. The headquarters of the Dispatch Army in China decided to transfer the 33rd Division from the Central China Dispatch Army to support the "sweep" in North China.

The 33rd Division was originally stationed in the northern Jiangxi area, and once the division was transferred, only the 34th Division of the Chinese Army would be responsible for the defense of this area in the Nanchang area. The commander of the 34th Division, Ogashige, felt panic and uneasiness, and in the event that after the transfer of the 33rd Division, the troops of the enemy's 9th Theater of Operations launched an attack on him, he would be powerless to resist. Therefore, he suggested to the commander of the 11th Army, Kazuichiro Enbe, that while the 33rd Division had not yet been transferred north, he would launch an attack on Luo Zhuoying and other units in the enemy's Ninth Theater to destroy the enemy's living forces as much as possible, so as to reduce the pressure on his future guards.

Luo Zhuoying's 19th Army had nearly 100,000 men, and the Yuanbu suffered a lot in several encounters with them. Now that the 74th Army of the 19th Group Army has received a full set of American-style equipment, its combat effectiveness has undoubtedly been greatly improved, and its personnel have exceeded 30,000 people. Fighting against such a tough opponent made Round have no bottom in his heart. Moreover, he has been ordered to leave his post, so he is not very willing to launch this operation. If you win, you can put gold on your face, in case you lose, this responsibility is not small, and if you don't do it well, you can't get out of it. Therefore, he did not agree to Ogashige's request for the time being, and the war was delayed.

However, Oga Shigeru has repeatedly and resolutely pleaded, and he will not give up until his goal is achieved. At this time, the upper echelons of the army dispatched to China also took into account the practical difficulties of the troops stationed in Jiangxi, and specially prepared to transfer the 20th Brigade led by Major General Naozo Ikeda from Shanghai into the 20th Brigade to Nanchang, so as to make up for the dilemma of the lack of troops in this area after the departure of the 33rd Division. In this way, the army in the Nanchang area has about two and a half divisions. Only then did Enbe consider that with such a large number of troops, he could barely fight the enemy, so he approved Oga Shigeru's plan of action. The devils began to dispatch troops and prepare war materials, so Jiujiang Port, an important town in northern Jiangxi, was particularly busy. The whole port area is very lively day and night, with people coming and going, and all kinds of materials are constantly being loaded and transported from Wuhan in the upstream and Nanjing and Shanghai in the downstream. At night, the port area is brightly lit with people and cars coming and going, just like day.

Luo Pingfan reported to Xiao Xiong every day on the transportation of materials and personnel of the devils, and Xiao Xiong reported this information to the Ninth War Zone Commander's Department through the radio.

In a blink of an eye, it was October 1940. During this period of time, Xiao Xiong led his northern Jiangxi guerrilla corps was not idle, they were very active in Jiujiang and the surrounding areas, fought against devils more than a dozen times, and achieved great results. They destroyed several places on the Nanxun Railway, the main transportation artery of the devils, especially blowing up several bridges, which paralyzed the railway lines of the devils for many days. They also waited for opportunities to attack the enemy's convoys along the highways, and destroyed the roads at night. He also cooperated with the Yangtze River Minelaying Brigade to blow up and sink a transport ship full of grain and ready to sail for Yuben at the mouth of the lake. All these actions made an old devil in Yamamoto so angry that he went crazy, and he scolded the captain of the Gendarmerie Yuanshan devil and Wu Yingqi, Peng Fugui and other Han anniversaries to the point of blood.

October 9th, this day is the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the Double Ninth Festival. A few days ago, Xiao Xiong received a report from Luo Pingfan that the commanders of the devils stationed in various counties had to go to Lushan for a party on this day, in fact, they were celebrating the Double Ninth Festival on Lushan. It happened that this day was the 50th birthday of the pseudo-Xingzi county magistrate, and he invited Wu Yingqi to drink the birthday feast. Xiao Xiong felt that this was a golden opportunity, the commanders of the devils were not in the county, and the enemy's defense would inevitably become weaker, so he decided to take the troops to Xingzi County, and at the same time informed Hu Maosheng that his guerrillas should cooperate with the action and prepare to make a big haunt of the devil's county. Maybe you can take the opportunity to get rid of a few dogs, Xiao Xiong thought to himself.

On the day of the Chung Yeung Festival, it is almost noon. Nankang Town, where Xingzi County is located, is located in Xiufeng Restaurant by Poyang Lake.

The scenery here is the best in the whole county. Ascend to the second floor of the restaurant, in the east, the beautiful scenery of Poyang Lake is in full view, "the sunset and the lonely bird fly together, the autumn water is the same color as the sky", the white sails in the distance are dotted, and the fishing songs are answered by each other in the distance, which is a beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. In the west of the restaurant, the incense burner peak, the double sword peak and the crane song peak of Lushan stand not far away, the Lushan waterfall in the Xiufeng hangs upside down on the cliff, such as the silver white silk shakes down to the bottomless dragon pool, it is a wonder in the world. In the restaurant, you can face the beautiful lake and mountains, and the wine is in the wind, which is really a great joy in life.

The birthday banquet of Wu Yinglin, the pseudo county magistrate, is located here, because it is the most famous restaurant in the county. The precious aquariums in Poyang Lake, the mountain treasures and beasts on Lushan can be said to have everything here.

Because Nankang Town faces Poyang Lake, and its back is against Lushan Mountain, and as the saying goes, "Lushan is the most beautiful in Shannan", there are Lushan Waterfalls written by Li Bai in Xingzi County in Shannan, as well as the ancient Bailu Cave Academy, Guanyin Bridge and other places of interest, plus the world-famous Lushan Hot Spring, this Nankang Town is not famous.

Wu Yinglin, the pseudo county magistrate, is Wu Yingqi's distant cousin, so it is difficult for Wu Yingqi to refuse this relative's invitation. Although the two were distant relatives, the richest and most prestigious cousin of Xingzi, who had to tremble the whole star when he stomped his feet, did not take care of him. After Wu Yingqi's parents died, he wandered to Jiujiang by himself, thanks to the master of the Iron Buddha Temple who took him in, otherwise I don't know what the result would be. In his heart, he didn't regard Wu Yinglin as his relative. It is said that his cousin is now a big celebrity in himself, and he has made a lot of contributions in the previous grain and husband recruitment, and he has run away from the saddle and the horse before and after the army. Moreover, his security team also made many meritorious achievements in the battle against the guerrillas, and together with Yue himself, he killed and captured many guerrillas. Therefore, Wu Yingqi didn't dare to snub this cousin, and wanted to take the opportunity of this banquet to really stammer him.

Hu Maosheng's guerrillas, of more than 100 people, secretly entered Nankang Town in the first two days. Xiao Xiong, with more than 300 rangers, also arrived near the county seat last night. Early this morning, some of the team members carried firewood, some carried fish baskets, and some carried grain, and they quickly mixed into the county seat while there were many people in the morning.

Since today is the Chung Yeung Festival, every household has to celebrate the festival for the elderly, so there are a lot of people in the four towns and eight villages who go to the street to buy things for the festival. A small county town suddenly became bustling, shoulder to shoulder, and lively. The place where the restaurant is located is the east gate of the county, and the wharf by the lake can be directly connected from the east gate. There are a lot of people who come to the restaurant to give gifts and celebrate their birthdays, and with the people coming and going on the dock, the East Gate area is even more crowded and lively.

Xiao Xiong, Zhang Shan, Li Minghua, Wang Yantai and others wore long-distance running gowns, sunglasses, and gift boxes wrapped in red paper in their hands, and also came to Xiufeng Restaurant with the crowd of birthday greetings.

This is Xiao Xiong's second visit to Nankang Town. I remember that the year before last, that is, the year when the devils attacked Jiujiang, Xiao Xiong and the 74th Army were stationed here. Now, this place is occupied by himself. According to the intelligence officer's report, there are more than 100 devils in a squadron stationed in the county seat, and there are more than 100 puppet soldiers. The devils mainly guarded the four gates of the county seat, as well as the area around the school, and the puppet army was stationed in the county government and the adjacent prison. Today, he also brought more than 300 people from the Hunters and Wang Xiaofei's team, plus more than 100 guerrillas from Hu Maosheng, who could completely deal with the enemy. He concentrated his men and horses near the city gates, schools, county offices, and other places, and waited for the battle to start, and at any time blocked and eliminated the enemy who rushed to reinforce him. Today's purpose is to completely eliminate the devils and puppet army here, liberate Xingzi County, and deal a hard blow to the little devils.

Xiao Xiong and Li Minghua walked into the restaurant first, and Wu Yinglin's housekeeper, who was receiving the gift at the door, took the gift list and shouted:

"Wang Bo of Hukou County has arrived. A number of gifts. ”

Zhang Shan and Wang Yantai also walked in and handed over gift lists and gifts. The butler shouted again:

"Yongxiu County Lu Huiyou Lu Gongzi arrived. A number of gifts. ”

When they entered the restaurant and saw that the hall was almost full, Xiao Xiong and the others found a table near the door and sat down. The downstairs hall was full of tables, but there wasn't a single devil in sight. He looked upstairs and saw two devils guarding the stairs. It seems that there must be some important guests sitting in the private seats upstairs, and the devils must also be upstairs. He looked again, and in the restaurant, except for the four of them, almost all of the people who delivered food and ran the hall, served water and poured tea, and washed and chopped vegetables were replaced by people from the Einsatzgruppen and guerrillas.

At 12 o'clock at noon, the table clock of the restaurant rang "Dang Dang Dang". Downstairs, a man in a police uniform raises a wine glass.

"Everyone, please be quiet, I am Director He of the Police Department, today is the 60th birthday of Wu Yinglin Wu of our county, here, I toast with all the guests, I wish Wu Lord happiness such as the East China Sea, longevity than Nanshan. Cheers! ”

Putting down his glass, he continued:

"Everyone drink and eat slowly, and Lord Wu will come down from the upper floor and toast you later."

At this time, a member of the team pretending to be running the hall was about to deliver food upstairs. Xiao Xiong glanced at the others, the four of them turned around and stood up, Xiao Xiong and Minghua followed behind the food delivery, Zhang Shan and Wang Yantai followed Xiao Xiong, and the four of them walked upstairs together. The devil standing at the top of the stairs made a gesture to let the food delivery go up, but stretched out his hand to block Xiao Xiong and the others. said that it was too late, but I saw a flash of cold light, and a blood arrow sprayed out from the throats of the two devils, and the two devils only felt a chill in their throats, and before they knew what was happening, they fell down their throats. Zhang Shan and Wang Yantai hurriedly stepped forward to support them, took the 38 big cover in the hands of the two, and rushed upstairs with Xiao Xiong.

When they came upstairs, Xiao Xiong and the others quickly took the big elegant room above, and before the people inside could figure out what was going on, the gun in Xiao Xiong's hand rang out. A total of a dozen devils sitting there were all knocked to the ground in an instant. The two dead friends behind Wu Yinglin took out their pistols, and before they could open the insurance, they were hit in the head by flying bullets, and their blood splashed on the faces and bodies of Wu Yinglin and Wu Yingqi, and the two of them trembled with fright.

"Who are Wu Yinglin and Wu Yingqi? Stand up! ”

As soon as the two Han Jians stood up, the guns in Xiao Xiong's hands immediately fired, and the heads of the two of them were immediately exploded, and the two dog Han Jians fell headlong into the talent plate on the table.

At the moment when Xiao Xiong and the others rushed up the stairs and killed the two devils, Wang Xiaofei downstairs took out their pistols and opened fire on the pseudo-police chief and several police leaders sitting at the front. Suddenly, the downstairs was like an explosion, and the guests were hugging their heads one by one, hoping that their parents would give them two more legs to escape from this hell. They ran desperately to the door.

Xiao Xiong picked up the rifle handed over by Minghua and fired two shots into the sky. Suddenly, the entire Xingzi County immediately boiled, and dense gunfire rang out everywhere.

Soon, the gunfire at the police station and the four city gates slowly stopped, and it seemed that the fighting there was over, but the gunfire continued to ring out at the devil's station in the direction of the school. The whistling sound of mortar ejection and the explosion of artillery shells, the "click" sound of machine guns and the explosion of grenades are still coming, and it seems that Wang Xiaofei is in trouble.

Xiao Xiong immediately led most of the brothers who were fighting in the restaurant to the school, leaving only a few team members to clean up the battlefield.

When I came to the school, I saw that a dense number of bullets were constantly being fired inside, and the remains of more than 20 Fighters were left in the open space leading to the school. When Xiao Xiong saw it, his eyes were red.

"Hit! Hit me hard! Prepare to attack! ”

The team members fired simultaneously in the direction of the school, the bullets hitting the fence and sending a cloud of smoke up from the grenades. However, the enemy's fire was not affected in any way, and the fire was still so fierce. The team members rushed several times and suffered more than 10 more casualties.

"Commander, I don't think the situation is right! The intelligence said that there were only four or five devils in the school at most, but after fighting for a long time, the devil's firepower has not weakened. I think there's probably more to it than just those devils. ”

Xiao Xiong also wondered, judging from the casualties, the devil must have killed or injured forty or fifty of his subordinates, but the resistance was still so strong. Although we have cut off the telephone lines of the devils, they still have transmitters to contact the devils not far away, and the reinforcements of the enemy will soon arrive, so they must evacuate immediately.

He called Wang Xiaofei to him and said into his ear:

"Leave a few machine guns and more than 10 brothers to block the devils inside, don't let them come out, and the large army must be evacuated immediately."

"Yes!" Wang Xiaofei agreed and immediately deployed.

Xiao Xiong and Hu Maosheng led the team to quickly withdraw from the West Gate and move towards Lion Rock.

Sure enough, Xiao Xiong's judgment was correct. It turned out that the devils who went to Lushan from Gutang Town and Hot Spring Town all came to Nankang Town, the county seat, yesterday, and they left most of the escorted devils here, and the two groups of devils combined were about four squads of more than 100 people. No wonder Wang Xiaofei couldn't get into the school. There are nearly 200 devils inside. Not to mention attacking them, even if the two armies directly confronted each other, it would be difficult for Xiao Xiong's troops to win quickly.

Xiao Xiong led the team to Lion Rock, and then crossed the road to avoid the pursuit and encirclement of the devils, and they waited for a while. Soon, Wang Xiaofei led the team members who were in charge of the blocking task to catch up. I saw that the more than 10 team members who were originally left to serve as blockers are now only 5 people who have arrived. Xiao Xiong was very sad in his heart.

But time was urgent, and the gunshots of the devil's pursuit were already heard not far away. They hurried to the vicinity of the road.